Hello everybody. My name is Sylvia and I am new but have been quilting for some 6 years. My favourite method of quilting at the moment is stained glass and am hoping to make a quilt in this fashion for my daughter very soon. If any one of you have any tips on stained glass I would appreciate it. You all seem to be very experienced. A big thankyou to Konstantin to introducing me to the site.

Hello Sylvia,
Welcome to the group. You will love it here.
Judy in Ohio

Welcome. This is a great place for answers!

Welcome to the board! Believe me....speaking for myself, we are not all experienced..you have much more than me...BUT...there is a wealth of knowledge here! I love stained glass quilts...can you show us some of yours! Please???? We love pics!

Hi Sylvia. Be sure to show us your work. I think the stained glass quilts are beautiful.

Welcome!
Come on, show us your pics!

Thankyou Judy. I feel surrounded by love already

Hello Up North. Are you in the very North of America. I am sure I will learn a lot from all of you sylvia

There's a lot of great advice given here.
Just jump in and enjoy the fun!
Remember, we LOVE to see pictures!!

Hello Sandpat. No I am sorry to tell you that I live in sheltered housing for the elderly and have very limited space so can't show any pics as have not the equipment. But will enjoy seeing all the pics on screen and now I can comment on them. Sorry to be such a deadend. Sylvia

Hello Quilting Turtle. Thankyou for your comments, and hope to hear from you again, but can't show pics as you will have already read the replies I've given before. Sylvia

Hello tlrhni. Sorry no can do on the pics. But lovely to meet you. Sylvia

No problem Sylvia...you tell us what your doing and we'll use our imaginations....ok? lol! Welcome to the group....you'll not find a friendlier bunch of people anywhere!

Karen

Hi, I live in North Easten Michigan on the shore of Lake Huron.

WELCOME!!!

I don't know much about stained glass except for it is so pretty, but if you have other questions I may (MAY) be able to help you. This is a really fun site that it full of great people! I hope you feel welcomed!!

Hi Sylvia! I grew up with a colllie, smart dogs! Glad you found us - feel free to post some pictures so we can see what you're up to.

Welcome!!! I have some sites with stained glass patterns. I will post them for you. Hope they help!


Sondra

Welcome to the group! :) Nice to meet you. :)

That's ok. You can just describe them to us,,,we have good imaginations!

Sylvia,

I like stained glass also. I have found that they sell narrow strips of fabric in black, gold and green on rolls at quilt stores and Joanns that already has fusible web on the back of it. All you have to to is peel off the backing and fuse it on your quilt with an iron. It makes it real easy to create a lovely stainglass look. All you have to do is cutout your picture pieces and fuse or baste them to the background and then cover the raw edges with the "leading". If it is just a wallhanging that won't be laundered you don't even have to sew it down. If you want to sew it down you just zig zag or blanket stitch along both edges of the "leading".
The rolls are fairly expensive but you can get them at JoAnns with your %40 off coupon or when quilting notions are on sale. Even if you have to pay full price they save a world of work and are probably no more expensive then buying, cutting and fusing the strips yourself and a lot faster.

Good luck,

Mpspeedy

Oh, don't worry if you can't post pics. We can always imagine what you are working on...you know we can picture things in our heads pretty good or we could never get a quilt done, right?! We are just glad you found us!

Hello Karenmay. Another English lady. Iam on the South Coast in West Sussex. Pleased to meet you

Hello Moonpi. My collie is eleven but she thinks she is two. She m
never gets tired of having fun, Keeps me on my toes.

Hello Sondra. Looking forward to that. May give me some more ideas

Hello Mpspeedy. Yes I have just discoverd the fusible binding. It can be a bit expensive but for a special project I dont think you can count the cost too much

Welcome to the family. Everyone here is so friendly and helpful. Feel free to ask any questions you may have.